Election in Saxony-Anhalt: Left Party leader does not rule out support for CDU
In four weeks, elections will be held in Saxony-Anhalt. To prevent an AfD government, the CDU and Left Party would likely have to work together. Some are not saying no.
Berlin. Left party leader Luigi Pantisano does not rule out his party supporting a CDU prime minister in Saxony-Anhalt. "In recent years, as the Left party, we have shown that we are willing to take responsibility for this country," Pantisano said in the summer interview for the ZDF broadcast "Berlin direkt". This applies above all if it is a case of preventing an AfD government.
Saxony-Anhalt is due to elect a new state parliament on 6 September. According to polls, CDU top candidate Sven Schulze, the current prime minister, could only be re-elected with the votes of the Left party. So far, the CDU has ruled out cooperation with the Left party just as much as with the AfD. The question now is whether Schulze will also be prepared to take responsibility after the election, Pantisano said.
In current polls, the AfD is in first place in Saxony-Anhalt with a clear lead ahead of the CDU. The Left party comes in third.
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